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Let's Talk Cats!!!!

All my cats are microchipped

16% (13)

None of my cats are microchipped but I would do it if we could

11% (9)

None of my cats are microchipped and I wouldn't do it if given the opt

43% (34)

No comment

5% (4)

What is microchipping?

7% (6)

Other?_____

16% (13)

Total Votes : 79

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/21/2008 3:14:04 PM

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Sadie likes to sleep on my face... Fortunately, she's a small cat...

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/21/2008 11:30:03 PM

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She still can't figure out where the stream of water is coming from, which is amusing to me.

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(Abiyah had started a thread about worms for a wormery and it got somewhat hijacked!).

I actually remember that thread! How long ago was it? It has to be like 4+ years.

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/22/2008 5:35:26 AM

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I don't know how long Kath... I found a cd-rom the other day and went through it to see what was on it and the worm thread was on it! I was laughing so hard when I was editing it!

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 3:23:52 PM

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St Nicky the Christmas Cat is mining for Q-tips again. He is really a genius at it.

He never disturbs the trash can in the bathroom unless there are q-tips in it. If there are, he turns it over and digs until he finds them. I have tried wrapping them in TP as a test, putting in unused ones, covering them up, etc. He always knows whether to go digging or not.

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 3:26:03 PM

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Personally, I think they should sell Q-tips in the cat toy aisle but store owners haven't caught on yet...

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 3:28:19 PM

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Mine finds all the cotton balls. Silly cats.

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 7:04:20 PM

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Our Soft Paws came in the mail today and after much wailing and gnashing of teeth, they are glued to the cat. We got pastel pink and she looks pretty sharp. So far she hasn't seemed to notice she has false nails, so good.

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 7:16:07 PM

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I bet she looks beautiful!

I"ve wondered about those things, don't they cause the claws to be extended all the time? It's not like they can retract their claws with something glued to them, can they?

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 9:19:05 PM

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No, they don't interfere. I don't know how anyone figured that out.

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 9:34:22 PM

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Keep your twist ties--they make great cheap cat toys.

Make a small string of circles with them and throw them to the cat. Loads of cheap entertainment, especially with kittens (who get that delightful surprised look

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 9:51:56 PM

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Munchie still plays with her toys, but those sort of things are beneath her...

She's such a snob!

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 10:49:51 PM

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I think the all-time best cat toy I've ever purchased was a laser pointer.

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/24/2008 10:50:57 PM

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Yup! Ours love it!

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/25/2008 12:52:40 AM

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No, they don't interfere. I don't know how anyone figured that out.

You'll have to let us know how long they stay on. My cats have all outgrown the whole clawing up everything stage but eventually we'll have a new kitty.

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/25/2008 10:13:38 AM

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I'll have to try that twist tie idea.

It's amazing how amused they get with the simplist of things. There could be a plastic bottle top or a piece of paper and cheetah will be having a blast batting it around like it's the best thing since sliced bread

It takes so little to please them sometimes

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/25/2008 10:21:35 AM

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No, they don't interfere. I don't know how anyone figured that out.

You'll have to let us know how long they stay on. My cats have all outgrown the whole clawing up everything stage but eventually we'll have a new kitty.

They're supposed to stay on 4-6 weeks, until the claw naturally sloughs off. I've used them before and I'm trying to remember if that was the case back then. What I liked about using them the first around is that it kind of taught my cats not to claw. I think I used them for a year or so and even after I stopped my cats weren't prone to clawing furniture or carpet or anything.

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RE: getting a new kitten - 11/25/2008 3:55:49 PM

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What I liked about using them the first around is that it kind of taught my cats not to claw. I think I used them for a year or so and even after I stopped my cats weren't prone to clawing furniture or carpet or anything.

Sounds like a nice, consistant training tool. One cannot always be around with a squirt bottle.

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RE: Let's Talk Cats!!!! - 11/25/2008 8:12:53 PM

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Ollie is my buddy. He follows me all over the house. If I go from one room to another he usually tags along with me, unless he's sleeping or eating or otherwise just not interested

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RE: I'm mad and I'm going to pull my hair out - 11/28/2008 11:46:28 AM

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We put up our pretty little Christmas Tree last night, complete with multiple water squirts at new kitty. By the time we went to bed, she wasn't even going near it or paying attention to it. This morning, I woke up and found our tree turned over and most of the ornaments broken.

Help?

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RE: I'm mad and I'm going to pull my hair out - 11/28/2008 3:03:53 PM

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oh how sad!

Can you put her in a kennel at night? Lock her in your room, or even the bathroom, at night or while you are at work?

I buy a fiber optic tree and haven't had ornaments for a few years. With 4 cats they just go nuts about it. Linz wants to put the big tree this year, so I honestly don't know what we'll do.

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RE: I'm mad and I'm going to pull my hair out - 11/28/2008 7:55:02 PM

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Shatterproof ornaments? They generally withstand hitting the ground.

Sadly though, Christmas trees and ornaments are simply too big a temptation for kitties of any age ('cept Munchie, who's way too lazy!).

My sister is just moving house this w/end and she wants to get a kitty by Christmas and is aiming to decorate the house and have a tree...

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RE: I'm mad and I'm going to pull my hair out - 11/28/2008 8:13:44 PM

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RE: I'm mad and I'm going to pull my hair out - 11/28/2008 8:14:20 PM

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I have not had too many problems with my cats and Christmas trees. They usually bat the ornaments that hang on the bottom branches so I always put unbreakable ones there. My girl did climb up into the tree her first Christmas--but she weighed about a pound and just curled up and slept on a branch next to the trunk. The next year she seemed to think about it but never attempted to climb or sleep in the tree.

My boy is a big sweet lard bucket with fur and wouldn't consider expending the energy to climb anything.

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RE: Let's talk cats!!! - 11/29/2008 1:18:56 AM

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Well, we replaced the ornaments that broke with the shatter-proof kind. I've been standing guard all day with the spray bottle and we also left a couple of times and the tree has remained in place and she hasn't touched it. I thought about crating her, but I'm not sure I want to keep her crated the entire time we aren't in the living room, i.e. all night and when we are at work. That's a lot of time to be "locked up." (Don't have a room to put her in.) I think I'll see what happens tonight. She's been running around like crazy, so hopefully she'll be really tired and sleep through the night.

My other cat has never shown any interest in the Christmas tree, so at least we don't have to worry about her.

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RE: Let's talk cats!!! - 11/29/2008 2:05:15 AM

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Vanilla has never shown any interest in the Christmas tree, either. He's a bit of a lard bucket with fur, too, though.

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